Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords
Stay safe (Long, mixed, not guessable): Length: at least 12 characters (letters, digits and symbols all count). Mix: at least 3 kinds — small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols. Not guessable: no name, no year or birthday, no common word like password, qwerty or welcome. Break any one rule and the password is weak.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog.Brick.2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lampseedcloudmango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara@Dust@41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “Chai_Mango_Seed60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “Meera@Ship@60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 “shippearltigertent” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud_Neem_Lotus66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein-Bell59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 “Gold-Rain-2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “rainclouddustboat”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “Meera2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum.79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustmangobrick27 (b) Chai#Pond#Toast87
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf-dust-moon-66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “Dust.Hill.Ship47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast_Moon_2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainwheellaketoast (b) Hill#Fern#Vine50
- 23.🔐 “Qwerty!Pearl80” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 24.🔐 “Brick!66” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 25.🔐 “Kite.69” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud.Corn.Ship56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plum-rain-lotus-48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ToastCloudChai11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “HillLotusTiger26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite.River.Lamp85 (b) Kabir2013
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold!72 (b) WheelTigerNest74
- 34.🔐 “goldpondmango20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 35.🔐 Is “Boat!Wolf!2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “ship#frog#neem#54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “Vine#Mango#2014” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 38.🔐 “Brick@82” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 39.🔐 “sandwolfdustdrum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl_tent_lotus_63 (b) wolffrogdustfern
Answer key
- 15
- others can guess it
- 3
- 12
- 1
- 12
- strong
- 8
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 14
- has a name or year
- 17
- weak
- 7
- Chai#Pond#Toast87
- 17
- strong
- risky
- 4
- Hill#Fern#Vine50
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- 17
- in your head
- 3
- 3
- strong
- Kite.River.Lamp85
- 3
- WheelTigerNest74
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 17
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- pearl_tent_lotus_63
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